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Demi Lovato

American singer and actress who rose to fame in Camp Rock on the Disney Channel and had hits including Sorry Not Sorry

Did you know? As a young child, they began their acting career alongside Selena Gomez as a series regular on the show Barney & Friends.

Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato ( DEM-ee lə-VAH-toh; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Mai Shiraishi

Mai Shiraishi (白石 麻衣, Shiraishi Mai; born 20 August 1992) is a Japanese actress, model, YouTuber, and a former first generation member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. She was an exclusive model for the women's fashion magazines LARME and Ray.

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Linus Sebastian

Linus Gabriel Sebastian (born August 20, 1986) is a Canadian YouTuber known for his technology-oriented channel Linus Tech Tips. He is the founder and former chief executive officer of Linus Media Group, and chief vision officer of the company, as well as a regular presenter.

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Álvaro Negredo

Spanish striker who won the Premier League with Manchester City

Did you know? His powerful playing style and clinical finishing earned him the nickname The Shark during his time playing in Spain.

Álvaro Negredo Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation:; born 20 August 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Andrew Garfield

British-American actor of The Social Network and The Amazing Spider-Man who won a Tony for Angels in America

Did you know? Before his acting career took off, he trained as a gymnast and once worked at a branch of Starbucks in London.

Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an English and American actor. He is known for his work across a variety of genres, from biographical dramas to action films, spanning both independent and blockbuster productions.

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Yuri Zhirkov

Russian footballer who played for Chelsea and the national team

Did you know? He is a dedicated collector of military memorabilia and has gathered thousands of artefacts from the Second World War.

Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov (Russian: Ю́рий Валенти́нович Жирко́в, IPA:; born 20 August 1983) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a left-back and as a left-winger.

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Amy Adams

Versatile actress known for roles in Enchanted and American Hustle

Did you know? She was born in Italy while her father was stationed there with the United States military.

Amy Lou Adams (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic roles, she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actresses.

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Misha Collins

Dmitri "Misha" Collins (born Dmitri Tippens Krushnic; August 20, 1974) is an American actor best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural (2008–2020).

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Enrico Letta

Former Prime Minister of Italy and academic leader

Did you know? He spent several years in France serving as the dean of a prestigious school of international affairs in Paris.

Enrico Letta (Italian:; born 20 August 1966) is an Italian politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy from April 2013 to February 2014, leading a grand coalition of centre-left and centre-right parties. He later was the leader of the Democratic Party (PD) from March 2021 to March 2023.

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Joan Allen

Academy Award-nominated actress known for Nixon and The Crucible

Did you know? She was a founding member of Chicago’s renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company alongside actors like John Malkovich.

Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. Known for her work on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

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Robert Plant

Lead singer and songwriter of the rock band Led Zeppelin

Did you know? He is a lifelong supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club and has served as the team's honorary vice-president.

Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin from its founding in 1968 until their break-up in 1980.

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Laurent Fabius

French politician who served as the country's youngest Prime Minister

Did you know? He was only thirty-seven years old when he was appointed as the Prime Minister of France.

Laurent Pierre Emmanuel Fabius (French:; born 20 August 1946) is a French politician who has served in a number of capacities, most recently as president of the Constitutional Council from 2016 to 2025. A member of the Socialist Party, he previously served as Prime Minister of France from 17 July 1984 to 20 March 1986.

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Rajiv Gandhi

Former Prime Minister of India who served during the late 1980s

Did you know? He worked professionally as a commercial pilot for Indian Airlines before entering politics following the death of his younger brother.

Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989 for two terms. He took office after the assassination of his mother, then–prime minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian prime minister at the age of 40.

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Isaac Hayes

Oscar-winning songwriter and composer who voiced Chef in South Park

Did you know? He became the first African American to win an Academy Award in a non-acting category when he won for Best Original Song.

Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor.

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Slobodan Milošević

President of Serbia and Yugoslavia during the conflict-ridden 1990s

Did you know? He was the first sitting head of state to be charged with war crimes by an international tribunal for his actions.

Slobodan Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced, 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 until his overthrow in 2000.

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Rajendra K. Pachauri

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (20 August 1940 – 13 February 2020) was the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 2002 to 2015, during the fourth and fifth assessment cycles.

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Andrei Konchalovsky

Russian filmmaker whose career spans Soviet and Hollywood cinema

Did you know? He is the older brother of fellow Oscar-winning film director Nikita Mikhalkov.

Andrei Sergeyevich Konchalovsky (Russian: Андрей Сергеевич Кончаловский; né Mikhalkov; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian film and theatre director, screenwriter, and producer. His filmmaking career spans over 60 years in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian cinema.

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Hideki Shirakawa

Nobel Prize-winning chemist who discovered conductive polymers

Did you know? His breakthrough happened by accident when a visiting researcher added a thousand times more catalyst than intended to a reaction.

Hideki Shirakawa (白川 英樹, Shirakawa Hideki; August 20, 1936 – August 24, 2026) was a Japanese chemist and engineer who was Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba and Zhejiang University. He was best known for his discovery of conductive polymers.

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Ron Paul

US politician and physician known for his libertarian views

Did you know? During his medical career as an obstetrician, he delivered more than 4,000 babies before entering the world of politics full-time.

Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American author, activist, medical doctor, and former politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977, and again from 1979 to 1985, as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013.

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Roger Sperry

Nobel Prize-winning neuropsychologist known for his split-brain research

Did you know? His experiments demonstrated that the two hemispheres of the human brain have different functions and can operate independently.

Roger Wolcott Sperry (August 20, 1913 – April 17, 1994) was an American neuropsychologist, neurobiologist, cognitive neuroscientist, who, together with David H. Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work with split-brain research.

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Salvatore Quasimodo

Nobel Prize-winning Italian poet and literary translator

Did you know? He spent many years working as a civil engineer for the Italian government before his literary career gained international recognition.

Salvatore Quasimodo (Italian:; 20 August 1901 – 14 June 1968) was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times".

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H. P. Lovecraft

American horror writer of The Call of Cthulhu whose cosmic Cthulhu Mythos has inspired generations of writers

Did you know? He was an extremely prolific letter writer, reportedly sending tens of thousands of pieces of correspondence during his lifetime.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (US:; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also apparent in terms like "Lovecraftian horror" and an enduring fandom.

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Raymond Poincaré

President of France during the First World War

Did you know? He was the cousin of Henri Poincaré, a world-renowned mathematician who made groundbreaking contributions to physics and celestial mechanics.

Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (French:; 20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1913 to 1920, and three times as Prime Minister of France. He was a conservative leader, primarily committed to political and social stability.

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Omar al-Mukhtar

Libyan resistance leader against Italian colonial rule

Did you know? Before becoming a guerrilla leader, he spent many years as a teacher of the Quran and a religious scholar.

ʿUmar al-Mukhtār Muḥammad bin Farḥāt al-Manifī (Arabic: عُمَر الْمُخْتَار مُحَمَّد بِن فَرْحَات الْمَنِفِي; 20 August 1858 – 16 September 1931), called The Lion of the Desert, known among the colonial Italians as Matari of the Mnifa, was a Libyan revolutionary and Imam who led the native resistance in Cyrenaica…

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